VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-1371
ClamAV (aka Clam AntiVirus) before 0.99.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted mew packer executable.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.64%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.64%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
ClamAV (aka Clam AntiVirus) before 0.99.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted mew packer executable.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.64% probability · 76th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Affected
- canonical/ubuntu linux · clamav/clamav
- Source
- psirt@cisco.com
EPSS 1.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://blog.clamav.net/2016/05/clamav-0992-has-been-released.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93222Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3093-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11514Issue Tracking
- https://foxglovesecurity.com/2016/06/13/finding-pearls-fuzzing-clamav/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- http://blog.clamav.net/2016/05/clamav-0992-has-been-released.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93222Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3093-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11514Issue Tracking
- https://foxglovesecurity.com/2016/06/13/finding-pearls-fuzzing-clamav/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.